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Comment Re:Probably deliberately. (Score 4, Informative) 146

They are coming up with all kinds of b*llsh*t to force customers into their subscriptions. Including an artificially initiated ca. 124GB RAM requirement for the recent versions of on-prem SharePoint.

Huh?
Requirements haven't changed for On-Prem Sharepoint for over a decade. The max for a single server is still 24GB and that's only if it's running everything, including SQL Server.

Comment Re:Stupid politicians ... (Score 1) 151

by goonerw (#57756792) Attached to: Australia Set To Spy on WhatsApp Messages With Encryption Law
This is stupid. Encryption is mathematics, and mathematics has no built in back-doors for illiterate politicians who don't understand how encryption works.
They know how it works. Our former PM (same party) declared that while the Laws of Mathematics are noble, the only Law that applies in Australia is the Law of Australia.

Comment Re:account successfully deleted. (Score 1) 493

by goonerw (#56728554) Attached to: Microsoft Acquires GitHub For $7.5B

As soon as I saw the headline here on Slashdot, I googled "delete github account" and I have just completed the process of downloading my meager repos and nuking it.

I do not wish to be part of any club which would have Microsoft as a member, let alone one run by Microsoft.

You might want to stay away from Linux then.
Linux Foundation - Corporate Members
Windows

Windows 10 Successor Codenamed 'Redstone,' Targeting 2016 Launch 197

Posted by Soulskill from the please-just-call-it-windows-11 dept.
MojoKid writes: Windows 10 isn't even out the door yet, so what better time than now to talk about its successor? Believe it or not, there's a fair bit of information on it floating around already, including its codename: "Redstone." Following in the footsteps of 'Blue' and 'Threshold', Redstone is an obvious tie-in to Microsoft's purchase of Minecraft, which it snagged from Mojang last year. Redstone is an integral material in the game, used to create simple items like a map or compass as well as logic gates for building electronic devices, like a calculator or automatic doors. The really important news is that we could see Windows Redstone sometime in 2016.
Chrome

Every Browser Hacked At Pwn2own 2015, HP Pays Out $557,500 In Awards 237

Posted by Soulskill from the another-four-bite-the-dust dept.
darthcamaro writes: Every year, browser vendors patch their browsers ahead of the annual HP Pwn2own browser hacking competition in a bid to prevent exploitation. The sad truth is that it's never enough. This year, security researchers were able to exploit fully patched versions of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Apple Safari in record time. For their efforts, HP awarded researchers $557,500. Is it reasonable to expect browser makers to hold their own in an arms race against exploits? "Every year, we run the competition, the browsers get stronger, but attackers react to changes in defenses by taking different, and sometimes unexpected, approaches," Brian Gorenc manager of vulnerability research for HP Security Research said.
Games

Hideo Kojima To Depart Konami; Metal Gear Franchise Changing Hands 42

Posted by Soulskill from the jumping-the-solid-shark dept.
An anonymous reader writes: Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima is set to leave the video game publisher Konami, ending 29 years of service. Konami had announced a restructuring earlier this year, and observant fans recently noticed the removal of references to Kojima Productions from the company's web site. A source speaking to Gamespot states that both developments are the result of a "power struggle" between the studio and its parent. Konami has now confirmed to the English-speaking press that Kojima will work on The Phantom Pain until it is completed, but they are searching for new staff to take over the Metal Gear series. Kojima's only other announced project was Silent Hills, a horror game created in collaboration with Guillermo del Toro.

Comment Re:How about removing the faux caps? (Score 1) 66

by goonerw (#40727221) Attached to: Aussie Network Engineers Form Members-Only ISP
With the NBN I believe most of the international links and peering will be handled by NBNCo

Umm no. All NBNCo do is provide a connection from you to your chosen RSP (reatil service provider), nothing more. Your RSP is the one that needs to provision the bandwidth from the PoI you're connected to, to the Internet.

Comment Re:That's *it* for me and Blizzard, man!! (Score 2) 540

by goonerw (#40306101) Attached to: <em>Diablo 3</em> Banhammer Dropped Just Before RMAH Goes Live
To me, Blizzard's reasons and excuses are clearly nonsense.

And you have two clear choices
1) Accept Blizzard's design and pay for the game/play it
2) Don't accept Blizzard's design and don't pay for/play the game.

There is no 3) I'll pay but complain loudly that this isn't what I paid for.

Comment Features already present in previous versions (Score 4, Informative) 470

by goonerw (#39990095) Attached to: The 30 Best Features of Windows
Yet another "click here dozens of times so we can get more advertising revenue" article. This could have been done in 3-4 pages, not 10+.

They also clearly haven't used Windows 7 as it has the ability to mount VHDs as well. (Windows 8 improves upon that by adding ISO mounting support) The way they wrote that "feature" is as if the VHD mounting is absent in previous versions.

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